Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-01

rreea; and. aiiuaing 10 Americas conuipuio9
OF highly-rulfiyated physicians, paid niSn VI
Lutte 20 Dfs Draper aud Oliver Wendell dO,incs,
who have enjoyed worldwide famc ~ aushors
While medicine. however, Is an intelr,.sla, ~,
pursuit, there is no profession that has sunersd
more from caarintanisn. The people ought 70
10 protected by law frpm this evh IN every
etate.
FEMALE pocroRs
Abiding TO the qualification necessary 'or
q doctor, he said he confined himsen 70 men,
and then he drew a picture OF the audience
weeping over tho medical lecture OF DIR. Ham
monds heroine, Theodore, In his mover,
Stfong-kindcd Woman" While ne han no
doubt he would himself have wept X ne nai
been there still II sudden illness had seikeu
him he would have much preferred 10 have the
services Of an old lady OF his ACQUAINTANCE,
who insisted that "ell.campene and cnmirey Is
the beatingeet for roome;iz and pocoon toos
powerful for a poorly person." lie toih IN a., ~,
mirable style two good stories about THIS oid
lady and then seriously advocated tho atyan-
tages Of having female doctors Ia certain case,
and predicted that II was only qucstion OF
time when they would be a recognized "insn-
tution.n
statements on the authority OF DIR: Arsti !
Flint, gave a most interesting synopsis OF tne
great discoveries in medical Science uurlnZ the
past century, and predicted as gSrat achieve-
mente In The early future by the aid OF cnonlS-
he laid, ~ South would bear conspicuous and
honorable part She could now challenge the
world n comparison with the fame OF somo
Of her doctors.
SOUTHERN DOCTORS.
gr. Wafdell named Dr. Marion Sims, who
was recognized everywhere as tho great
est gynecoiogist OF the age; Dra Iheo lore
Gailard homas his greatest successor, ana
Robert Baitey, Of Georgia. aud Thomas Ahdl-
Immet. 81 Virginia, as specimens anh eN
pressing GEe hope that as the South was grefi-
ally ceasipg 10 rely on the northwestern gra IA
ries and fmoke-houscs and the northern mills
for the neceseariesof OF life she would also cease
TO rely os4 distant medical colleges aud sup
port her cwn institutions.
OUR FUTURE.
He then turned 70 "the splsndid future o.
| tho South" and drew n stirring picture Oh T.
| He asserted that the one fa 'tthat lrol ~ pro
duced here for five dollars lsss per ton than1n
I Pennsylvania amounted 70 a revolution, an l.
| after Getting forth the meaning OF this grea
fact In all its bearings, be asked IN the pi,turl
| was oyerdrawn. Possibly it may be- h
| said, "but II SO, | thank God for the faith
which puts on the rosy tints. Tho meu wa,
| draw only charcoal sketches. in O'1,S a.
| white OF our future, or dip their brushes only
| In fofabre coIors In painting it, ought not q
| make n public exhibition OF their dreary art
| II IL not profitable 20 the artist orthe plblic
| Rather let them keep these mournful crea
! tons OF a morbid fancy for the priva,o dele
| taiion Of kindred souls, and bot hang them M
| like scnrecrows to be mOckef NJ yth@ eRE N
| fhrong who, instinct with the quickening spiT1
| OF a new era. and radiant with lofty aspira
| tions arc pressing forward to tho a;coin .'lisp
| ment Of grand destiny for their country
/ Not to her material wealth alone. however. HI
| said, must we look for the future glorles of ~
South. at was the Museum OF Alexandra
4 and not the riches Of her Ptolemies that mad
| Egypt illustrious The drachma Is not tho sym
| boz Of Grecian glory, nor was it Caesars well
| filled Golfers that made Rome immortal, no
| the cargoes Of captured Spanish galeons iron
which thesplendors OF the flizabethan era ar
| reflected In her intellectual and moral re
| sources TO which he paid a high tribute) h
| said are Ia be found the source Of her futur
greatness.
THE NEW SOUTH.
| Colonel Wadden then concluded his addres
| with the following denunciation OF moderi
| phrase:
"There Is phrase in common use which. a
| interpreted in certain quarters, Is fslse anI
| misleading. Men speak OF the New South a
| IL some transformation OF character aud ifea
| had occurred under the benetcont m1uence o
| q higher civilization with which tho southern
| people beve been brought into contacL sue
| an Interpretation CT the changed condition O
affairs in these States Ia only an ILLUSTRATION o
| nat selfsunicient and patroniZing spir. whic
| Las 20 long exhibited itself among that class o
| Americans who have always considered them
| sclves a. the favorites Of hcayen a1d tho re
formers ny divine right Of everything that doe
| not square with their own ideas. Tier
is TO New South in any such sensf
| Except that IL IL no longer slaye-holiiu
| county, the South OF to-day Is the South OF Tn
| psst lchoersl. chastened aud strengthele
| by such an experience AZ would have emnscu
| lated and destroyed any but a great and heroi
| people. To her own sons, and largely 70 thos
| who tore her atainloss banner 70 victory on
hundred batile-flelds, Is she indebted for Oh
tremendous energies with which sho Is thrill
ing and which are destined to place her in IN
forefront Of civilization. She IL the sama oil
South from whose fertile womb the giants {
American history eprang lappausel, which !
the olden time gave tO humanity the eX9Hpl
of Washington and enriched the records OF th
race wtihtthe names OF Jefferson, and MAI
son, and Marshall, hnd Lee, and Randolph, Al
| Finckney, and their associates. aud In late
DAYS as nurscd sCme of the noblest charac .ei
and some of the granCest men who ever walke
tie earth. The race Is not extinct, and Us pr
servation viii not bo due 20 tho infusion OF an
rev blood or the propagation OF any importe
iGeas. 1t has not degenerated, but viii s"e
| ts ranks and move on to the achievement I
great deeds and noble ende. and thus, while
uftraiiIIg iis ancestry, will yindtcate Its Claim
| 20 the respect and admiration OF mankind
Prolonged applause.l
After Mr.. Waddell concluded ID
Cullen dismissed the audience with
few pleasant words.